North Korea has quietly removed two medium-range missile from their eastern coastline. U.S. officials state that this is possibly a sign of weakening hostility on the Korean peninsula despite no official word from Pyongyang that North Korea was lowering its military posture.
The missiles had been put in place to back up dictator Kim Jong-un’s declarations that North Korea would bomb South Korea, Japan or the United States because of United Nations sanctions placed after the North’s third nuclear bomb test. The North was also angry about joint South Korea/United States military drills despite the fact the drills happen every year. Continue reading →
South Korean investigators have released a report showing that the massive cyber-attacks on television stations and banks was the work of North Korea.
Investigators said they discovered pieces of the code that were an identical match to code in malware previously connected to North Korean spies. In addition to the malware, 22 of the IP addresses were identified as being used by North Korea in previous attacks. Continue reading →
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has expressed serious concern that the problem on the Korean peninsula could become “uncontrollable” as North Korea has warned foreigners to leave South Korea.
“The situation on the Korean peninsula is heading for a thermo-nuclear war,” a statement attributed to North Korea’s Asia-Pacific Peace Committee read. “In the event of war, we don’t want foreigners living in South Korea to get hurt.” Continue reading →
The Naval vessel USS McCain has entered South Korean waters as the White House sends signals to North Korea to avoid escalation of the current situation with South Korea.
The USS McCain is a destroyer with the AEGIS defense system capable of shooting down missiles. Continue reading →
North Korea has declared a “state of war” with South Korea in their latest round of rhetoric.
Few are taking the declaration seriously as North Korea has been threatening South Korea in some form since a nuclear test in February. Technically the war between the nations has never ended because the armistice in 1953 was never turned into a peace treaty. Continue reading →
North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea, but Seoul and its ally the United States played down the statement as tough talk.
Pyongyang also threatened to close a border industrial zone, the last remaining example of inter-Korean cooperation which gives the impoverished North access to $2 billion in trade a year. Continue reading →
The U.S. has sent stealth bombers to South Korea in what the Defense Department is calling a “military exercise.”
The move comes one day after North Korea severed a hotline to South Korea. The line was the last official link between North and South. Continue reading →
Broadcasters and banks in South Korea were virtually shut down on Wednesday due to a massive computer attack.
Government officials said the same “malicious code” was behind the attacks. Two banks and three television stations all had their computer networks shut down at the same time Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading →
North Korea, on the heels of announcing they are considering ending the armistice with South Korea after 60 years, vowed to exercise its right to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States if the United Nations imposes more sanctions against the country.
“As long as the United States is willing to spark nuclear war our forces will exercise their right to a pre-emptive nuclear strike,” said North Korea’s foreign ministry. Continue reading →
What was initially considered a 4.9 magnitude earthquake in North Korea turned out to be a nuclear bomb test in defiance of United Nations resolutions.
The North Korean government confirmed the test about three hours after the U.S. Geological Survey reported a “shallow, 4.9 magnitude earthquake near a nuclear facility.” What was initially feared to be a potential nuclear accident has turned into a completely different fear. Continue reading →
